Tag: border

Canadian citizen held for months sues government for $7.6M after border agents dismiss papers as fake

Author/ ​Megan CerulloPublication/ NY Daily News A Canadian man who authorities mistook for a failed refugee claimant is suing the government for nearly $8 million after he was arrested by border agents and detained for eight months.Olajide Ogunye, 47, was taken into custody by border agents in June 2016, despite producing citizenship papers and a

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Canadian citizen held for months after border agents dismiss papers as fake

Author/ Leyland CeccoPublication/ The Guardian A Canadian man is suing the country’s government after he was arrested by border agents and detained for eight months – despite producing evidence of his citizenship.Olajide Ogunye, 47, is seeking $10m in compensation from the Canadian government after he spent months incarcerated in what his lawyer has described as

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Canadian claiming border agency mistakenly detained him for 8 months sues for $10M

Author/ Lisa XingPublication/ CBC News A naturalized Canadian citizen who spent eight months in Ontario detention centres awaiting immigration officials to verify his identity is suing the Canada Border Services Agency for $10 million. Olajide Ogunye, 47, was born in Nigeria and moved to Canada with his family in the 1990s. A few years after

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Flying to Canada from U.S.? Travelers could face new customs requirement at airports

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Do you know someone who has been arrested and is being detained by immigration authorities in Canada?

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Detained immigrant children ‘legally invisible’ in Canada, report claims

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Have you ever smoked weed? Answer this question and you could be banned from the U.S. — CBC News Article

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Guidy Mamann is interviewed by CBC News about “Does racial profiling exist at the Canada-US border?”

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